Melody AM
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| Studio album by Röyksopp | ||||
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Publication |
2001 |
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| Label (s) | Wall Of Sound , Astralwerks , Virgin / EMI Records | |||
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Electronica , downtempo , ambient , dance |
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Title (number) |
10 |
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running time |
46:25 |
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Melody AM is the debut album by the Norwegian duo Röyksopp . It was released in late 2001. The album sold over 750,000 times.
Members of Those Norwegians , Drum Island and Kings Of Convenience performed as guest musicians . The video for the single Remind Me won the MTV Europe Music Award 2002 in the Best Video category ; The band was also nominated in the categories of Best New Act , Best Nordic Act and Best Dance . Some songs were also used for commercials, such as Remind Me for Geico and Eple as intro music for the Mac OS X v10.3 Setup Wizard from Apple .
Thanks to the success of the album, it was reissued with bonus tracks in North America in 2002 and in Japan in 2003. After the album was released, a tour followed as a support act for Moby .
The title Eple was used as theme music of the ARD -Büchersendung the presses used the song So easy for the TV magazine puzzle of the Bavarian Radio .
Tracklist
- So Easy - 4:09
- Eple - 3:36
- Sparks - 5:25
- In Space - 3:30
- Poor Leno - 3:57
- A Higher Place - 4:31
- Röyksopp's Night Out - 7:30
- Remind Me - 3:39
- She's Sun - 5:23
- 40 Years Back / Come - 4:45
Singles
The following singles were released:
- Eple (2001)
- Poor Leno (2001, # 59 UK singles chart)
- Remind Me / So Easy (2002, # 21 UK singles chart)
- Poor Leno (re-released 2002, # 38 UK singles chart)
- Eple (re-released 2003, # 16 UK singles chart)
- Sparks (2003, # 41 UK singles chart)